Subcontract Administrator Staff

Lockheed Martin Corporation•Huntsville, AL

49d•Remote

About The Position

The mission matters. So do the people behind it. With advancing defense technology at our core, what sets us apart is a culture of collaboration, purpose, and impact. What is the mission? By bringing together people that use their passion for purposeful innovation, at Lockheed Martin we keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel development and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. At Lockheed Martin, we place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering innovation, integrity, and exemplifying the epitome of corporate responsibility. Your Mission is Ours. What does this role look like? Supply Chain's vision is to enable customer and mission success through supply chain strategies and execution that deliver superior operational program performance and create competitive advantage through continuous improvement. It is our mission to deliver affordable supply chain solutions that meet all program requirements and manage supply chain risks to ensure positive supplier performance through all phases of the program life-cycle from capture to sustainment. If you are an enthusiastic, self-starter, eager to learn in a dynamic environment, come join our team. This is an ideal opportunity for you to make an impact on our supply chain strategy for robust, efficient, and fast program startup & execution. Here, we are driven by innovation and integrity. By applying the highest standards of business ethics and a forward-thinking mindset, we believe everything is within our reach - and yours -- as a Lockheed Martin employee. In this role will offer you the following daily key responsibilities: Perform subcontract administrator duties in support of the program. Proactively handle the complete procurement life-cycle for assigned items from identification/shaping of initial product purchases, preparing request for proposal packages, review of offers, price analysis, negotiations, order placement, delivery status, and tracking hardware and data deliverables for assigned subcontracts through closure. In this role, you are a self-starter, goal-oriented, and able to build relationships with various suppliers, internal customers, and peers to achieve desired goals. The subcontract administrator will be able to resolve supplier performance issues, dissolve internal programmatic issues that may affect supplier performance, and communicate those concerns, updating the status successfully with peers and management. Although this position does support teleworking; the preferred candidate will be located near one of our Lockheed Martin Space facilities in either: Denver, CO , Rocket City USA: Huntsville/Courtland AL , Washington, DC , or Sunnyvale, CA .

Requirements

Bachelors degree from an accredited college or equivalent experience/combined education.
7+ years of professional experience
Professional experience in supply chain or contracts or proposals, and/or any other related areas.
Previous professional experience with acquisition policies and procedures associated with FAR / DFAR requirements.
Ability to travel ~50%.
You will need to be a US Citizen, and be able to obtain and maintain a US DoD SECRET clearance, to support this government contract, as well as successfully pass a drug and background check, in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Nice To Haves

Masters degree,
9+ years of professional experience in Supply Chain Management (i.e… Procurement, Subcontract Administration, Subcontract Management, Negotiation, proposal, and/or Category Management).
Highly developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills;
Proven negotiation skills;
Familiarity with LMAP and Government contracting;
Familiarity with SAP/P2P enterprise resource planning software;
Ability to multi-task and prioritize workload to meet program/customer needs;
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where adapting to change quickly is essential; and great attention to detail;
Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills;
Proven exceptional strategic communication skills, both written, verbal, and presentation, to effectively communicate business cases to all levels of peers, suppliers, as well as program and executive management, with an ability to persuade and motivate action.

Responsibilities

Perform subcontract administrator duties in support of the program.
Proactively handle the complete procurement life-cycle for assigned items from identification/shaping of initial product purchases, preparing request for proposal packages, review of offers, price analysis, negotiations, order placement, delivery status, and tracking hardware and data deliverables for assigned subcontracts through closure.
In this role, you are a self-starter, goal-oriented, and able to build relationships with various suppliers, internal customers, and peers to achieve desired goals.
The subcontract administrator will be able to resolve supplier performance issues, dissolve internal programmatic issues that may affect supplier performance, and communicate those concerns, updating the status successfully with peers and management.